A fire at the Wayne-Sanderson Farms plant in Union Springs, Alabama, resulted in the evacuation and temporary shutdown of processing operations.
A spokesman for the company said the fire occurred in the afternoon of February 26. The local fire department and company team members responded to the incident and extinguished the blaze.
The company reported that nobody was injured in the incident.
Because of the damages incurred at the plant, on site processing operations have been suspended. Operations are expected to resume, pending the investigation of the cause of the fire and the completion of necessary equipment repairs.
During the plant’s time offline, live poultry that was scheduled for processing and related production will be diverted to other Wayne-Sanderson Farms facilities in Alabama.
Area hatchery, feed mill and support operations will continue as scheduled.
Headquartered in Oakwood, Georgia, Wayne-Sanderson Farms, operates 20 slaughter plants, three further processing plants, 20 hatcheries and 15 feed mills, according to information from the WATTPoultry.com Top Poultry Companies Database. The company formed in 2022 with the merger of Wayne Farms and Sanderson Farms.
The Union Springs plant was part of Wayne Farms’ operations prior to the merger.
Wayne-Sanderson Farms ranks as the world’s fifth largest broiler producer and 19th largest feed producer.
